adenovirus

TWiV 116: Cocaine, colonies, and chickens

January 16, 2011

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review an adenovirus-based vaccine strategy against drug addiction, a field trial of RNAi to prevent Israeli acute paralysis virus infection in honeybees, and suppression of avian influenza transmission in transgenic chickens. Click the arrow above to play, or right click to download TWiV #116 (64 MB [...]

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TWiV 106: Making viral DNA II

November 6, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Vincent, Dickson, and Rich continue Virology 101 with a second installment of their discussion of how viruses with DNA genomes replicate their genetic information. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #106 (69 MB .mp3, 95 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at [...]

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TWiV 102: Catch me if you can in Munich

October 10, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Andrew Baker, Karl-Klaus Conzelmann, Peter Palese, and Katharina Eisenächer A conversation about the RNA sensor RIG-I, adenovirus gene therapy, a universal influenza vaccine, and rabies virus, recorded in Munich, Germany at the SFB455 symposium ‘Viral offense and immune defense’. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #102 (67 MB .mp3, 95 minutes) [...]

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TWiV 101: Sizing up adenovirus

October 3, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, and Hamish Young Vincent, Alan, Rich, Dickson, and Hamish review the three-dimensional structure of adenovirus, and the role of adenovirus type 36 in obesity. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #101 (55 MB .mp3, 76 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in [...]

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TWiV 62: Persistence of West Nile virus

December 13, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Alan Dove Vincent, Dickson, and Alan discuss STEP HIV-1 vaccine failure caused by the adenovirus vector, presence of West Nile virus in kidneys for years after initial infection, adaptation of the influenza viral RNA polymerase for replication in human cells, and the significance of the D225G change in the influenza [...]

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TWiV 36: Pandemic

June 15, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dick Despommier, and Hamish Young Vincent, Alan, Dick, and Hamish Young discuss the 2009 influenza pandemic, first 2009 H1N1 vaccine, hunting mosquitoes with midges, vaccine-associated polio in India, and adenoviruses. Sponsor:  Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast Click the arrow above to play, or [...]

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TWiV 18: Can a virus make you fat?

January 31, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier and Alan Dove Vincent, Dick, and Alan discuss adenovirus type 36 and obesity, new influenza antiviral drugs, viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus of fish, and Ebola virus in pigs and pig farmers in the Phillipines. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #18 (35 MB .mp3, 50 [...]

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